Category: Software

April 29, 2007

Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2007

In addition to my recent purchase of Microsoft Outlook 2007 I have also purchased the Home and Student Edition of Office 2007. It contains the following Microsoft Office Products:

According to Microsoft the Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 is the essential software suite for home computer users that enables you to quickly and easily create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and organize your notes and information in one place, making it easier and more enjoyable for you to get things done. The latest version features a new streamlined user interface that exposes commonly used commands, enhanced graphics, and formatting capabilities that enable you to create high-quality documents, plus a powerful note and information organization tool, and more reliability and security with the Document Inspector tool and improved automatic document recovery. With these enhancements, Office Home and Student 2007 makes it easier and more enjoyable for you to get tasks done at home.

I primarily purchased this edition of the Office Suite because I take most of my notes using OneNote and there are some really nice features in the new version. Key new features in OneNote 2007 according to Microsoft are:

On the back of the Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition box, the following table provides a useful comparison of what products there are in each of the different Microsoft Office Suites. When I first received the software I wondered how many PC’s I could install it on and was pleased to see at the bottom of the table that it can be installed on three, which is the exact number I have at home.

One of the new features available in Word 2007 is the ability to create blog entries from within Word and then post them to your blog. Certainly this makes publishing any form of content much easier and will provide bloggers with a wider variety of publishing options. I’ve managed to get this working with my blogging software, ExpressionEngine, so I’ll be sure to write a blog entry on this in the future.

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October 17, 2006

Windows Vista Ultimate for the Tablet PC

Having successfully installed Windows Vista RC1 on my HP Pavilion zd7020US Notebook PC, I noticed that there were a few new features in this OS (Operating System) for the Tablet and so I’ve installed it on the HP Compaq tc4200 Tablet PC, after all it has a sticker on it stating its Windows Vista Capable.

I’m quite pleased with the overall result as the laptop seems to working fine in most respects. My understanding is that when Vista is distributed they will distribute the same DVD irrespective of what type of OS you are planning to run and the license key will unlock the particular OS that you have paid for. This is a different approach to that employed for Windows XP where there was a version designed specifically for the Tablet PC.

Here’s a list of the new things you can do with your Tablet PC in Windows Vista Ultimate RC1:

Improve handwriting recognition by personalizing the handwriting recognizer.
Use flicks to navigate and perform shortcuts with your pen (see diagram)
See pen actions more clearly with optimized cursors.
Use the Input Panel to handwrite, or use the soft keyboard anywhere on your screen.
Use the touch screen to perform actions with your finger (the touch screen is only available if you have a touch-enabled Tablet PC).

The feature I like the most is the pen flicks which allows you to perform a number of actions at the flick of a pen as highlighted in the diagram above.

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September 28, 2005

MBS Axapta Future Directions - Convergence 2005 Conference

I came a really interesting presentation the other day at the Microsoft Business Solutions Axapta UK Parter Site. The presentation was delivered at the March 2005 Microsoft Convergence conference held in San Diego, US (view some of the pictures here). It provides some interesting insights into what’s coming in Axapta 4.0 as well as version 3.0 Service Pack 4.

New features coming:

Financial Management

Fundamentals

Performance improvements on journals

New & Improved

Powerful Extensions to Dimensions
New cost accounting solution
Draft handling
Voucher Improvements
US-GAAP/IAS-IFRS Accounting Standards
EU115 – European tax regulations

Dimension control

New Dimensions Hierarchy feature

Guide and control dimensions values entry cross product

Revised dimensions default inheritance in ledger journals:

Blank dimensions value not overwritten by blanks
Dimensions blocking capability
New flag on dimensions value , preventing further usage of the value when obsolete

Empowering financial analytics and reporting capability

Improved inquiry capability on dimensions

New dimensions form (featuring chart of account alike capabilities)
New Flexible and versatile Balance per dimension form

Flexible & versatile reporting capability on dimensions and account alike

New Financial Reporting CORE Engine
New Account statement & Financial Statement

Multilevel aggregation capability

New Row structures capability

Fiscal LIFO inventory report

Supply Chain Management

Fundamentals

Inventory Closing improved and resolved

Outsourcing

Drop Shipments
P.O. Quotation
Kitting
Subcontracting

Order Processing

Multiple Ship To Addresses
Improved back orders

Product Builder

Drag’n drop support
Guided creation of new models
CRM/Service Management integration

Non-inventory items
Shop Floor

Batch updates of production
Improved notice board
New WebApp for Time Entry
Feedback quantity validation

Advanced Inter Company

Ensure data consistency and process control
True triangulization

Other new functionality and modules

New Service Management

Designed for manufacturing organizations
Support long and/or more complex sales cycles
Seamless integrated with CRM and project accounting
Focused on service manager, dispatcher, and service technician/consultant employees

Project Accounting

Project Estimation /forecasting Capability
Improved budget oversight
Credit note

Business Alerts

On all forms/data
Rule creation
Alert viewing
Event processing
E-mail integration

XML Business documents
Microsoft Axapta CRM

Quoting repackaged
Improved Microsoft Outlook synchronization

Human Resource Management

E-recruitment
Competence Mapping
Publish company policies and procedures to Enterprise Portal

Other areas of interest discussed in the presentation: -

Microsoft Axapta 4.0 RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
Cross Application Fundamentals
What’s coming In 3.0 SP4
The improved user interface
SQL Server Reporting Services for Axapta 3.0 and 4.0
Reporting Roadmap
Axapta Object Server as well as client to AOS communications
Database Interactions
Prescriptive Guidance
Industry Builder Initiative and Strategy
Axapta Integration Framework (AIF) and value proposition
Microsoft Axapta Community and User Group

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